but it's an old day now.I went back to the "First Christian Church of Ringgold, Texas" and got a couple of inside shots.Ringgold has suffered from several major brush fires that also torched the town -- two in the last decade alone. Never a major population center, much of it lies abandoned, even if not burned, as people have left.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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I went back to the "First Christian Church of Ringgold, Texas" and got a couple of inside shots.Ringgold has suffered from several major brush fires that also torched the town -- two in the last decade alone. Never a major population center, much of it lies abandoned, even if not burned, as people have left.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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In an out-of-the way corner of Bowie, Texas is a gas station that surprises me it even existed. From the pricing, it likely stopped operating in the 1980's.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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In an out-of-the way corner of Bowie, Texas is a gas station that surprises me it even existed. From the pricing, it likely stopped operating in the 1980's.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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In an out-of-the way corner of Bowie, Texas is a gas station that surprises me it even existed. From the pricing, it likely stopped operating in the 1980's.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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The sign on the door says: "This house protected by a 12ga shotgun 3 nights a week. You choose which."In an out-of-the way corner of Bowie, Texas is a gas station that surprises me it even existed. From the pricing, it likely stopped operating in the 1980's.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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I am staying in the town of Bowie (Prounounced BOO-wee -- not a long O sound). Population around 5000 or so.Sam Houston? Huge town. Stephen Ausin? Big city named after him. Poor Jim Bowie... this little town is all he has.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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At Sweetie Pie's, the hostess on the street will take your name and give you a time -- just accept it. Notice the headband and belt? Most don't know it, but there is a Texas Kung Fu and the highest acheivement is the "Rhinestone Belt". Word.As we got far north we hit Decatur, Texas and visited the place I got the best steak I've had so far in Texas: Sweetie Pie's Ribeyes.Definitely worth eating there.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Little different realization of one of the previous shots -- this one from an HDR merge of two shots.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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A rest area in northern Texas hammer home the theme of cattle and oil production. Even the benches and tables mimic oil pipe and drums, and a replica early wooden derrick is in the entry way.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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In Stoneburg, Texas a new oil well is being drilled. 24/7 the machine works, manned by a crew who live and work on the site. "Production Companies" are specialized and highly mechanized teams of specialists with a mobile gear that can drill anywhere.Everything you see here is set up surprisingly quickly, and can be taken down and moved to the next job.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Around this area of North Texas there are towns that are slowly shrinking away. They live on unpaved roads along gently rolling prairie filled with mesquite and cactus.Some are working on becoming "ghost towns"...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Hey, my church doesn't have an arena! I want an arena!I guess they gave up on regulating fights and profanity...Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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"Not Responsible for Accidents! No Alcohol, Fights, Profanity, Etc..."Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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In the 1890's, welding just couldn't handle heavy construction like this. So everything was riveted. Bolting would have allowed too muchh opportunity for escape from the jail.Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home passing through Henrietta, Texas I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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This is something different: a wheel that was spun to determine who was drafted from the area. Each selective service candidate had a number. If the pointer stopped on your number -- your number was up...Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home passing through Henrietta, Texas I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home passing through Henrietta, Texas I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Nobody was ever hung in the jailhouse by the authorities.Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home passing through Henrietta, Texas I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home passing through Henrietta, Texas I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home passing through Henrietta, Texas I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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Some killer taxidermy I saw at the jail and heritage museum in Henrietta, Texas.Had a day off here in Texas and tooke a ride to scout urbex stuff in Wichita falls... fail.But on the way home I saw a sign for the "1890 Jail Museum and Heritage Center" and decided to stop in. There were two long time residents taking care of the place and I received a special tour. I'll have a blog post about this place soon.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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This old house along a dirt farm road seemed somhow poingnant with enough of the house and outbuildings remaining -- and even a 1950's vintage International Harvester truck rusting in the adjacent field. There's a story here... but I was trespassing on this cloudy, foggy morning and I didn't stay to poke around.I was also impresssed with the way the trees were reaching for and engulfing the house as if reclaiming the lumber stolen from it's friends long ago.Snapshots from my Texas travels for my new job.home: http://www.entropicremnants.comblog: http://blog.entropicremnants.comyoutube: http://www.youtube.com/entropicremnants
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